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Each time I return home from college, I am surprised by all that I appreciate about the South that I never really noticed during the 20 years that I have lived in Stone Mountain, Georgia. After spending nine months in Boston, it's refreshing to be able to go into a restaurant and order sweet tea and have the waiter know exactly what you're talking about. It's nice to be back in a place where, while jogging, you're greeted by friendly hellos from complete strangers instead of the blaring horns of impatient drivers, a place where strangers...

Author: By Courtney A. Coursey, | Title: Southern Pride | 8/1/1997 | See Source »

...about Bolton, particularly since Kingdom's long-tressed hero bears an uncanny physical resemblance to his creator. The singer wrote the story early one morning, inspired by spending a few nights in a British castle. Unlike Bolton, Travolta is no novice, having already penned articles for Esquire and Rolling Stone. His book, Propeller One-Way Night Coach, which he calls "fifty-fifty autobiographical," was written in 1992 for his son Jett, illustrated by Travolta and self-published for 75 friends and family. Warner Books, which, like many publishers, seems to find nothing sadder than an unpublished celeb, snapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 28, 1997 | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

FORT WORTH, Texas: Ben Hogan, the golfer made of stone, died Friday at 84. Some called him "Bantam Ben," because he stood a slight 5-foot-8. Some called him "The Hawk" for the way he analyzed a course. But the Scots called him "The Wee Ice Mon." Because he was Ben Hogan. Hogan was the game's third-winningest player with 63 tour victories. He won nine major championships, four U.S. Open titles, the career Grand Slam and was the only person to win three Grand Slam events in a single season. But the Hogan Mystique was truly born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death of a Master | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

...African-American girls in white dresses and shoes had left Bible class early and were about to go upstairs to help run the adult service. But before they got there, a timed-explosive device planted under the church steps ripped massive holes in the side of the building, sending stone, glass and metal flying in every direction. Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins and Carol Robertson--ages 11 to 14--died in the blast. Even during the bloodiest days of racial conflict in the South, even in a city so beset by explosives that it was nicknamed Bombingham, this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BACK TO BOMBINGHAM | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

JANET RENO Stone-faced A.G. nixes John Huang's immunity bid, keeping heat on him and off Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 21, 1997 | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

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